Izumaru's travel notes

Three days after THE ONE escaped...

"So, you had already anticipated Maki Shunichi's gesture?"

In the BCST operations room, a group of senior executives sat in front of Chonggong and Su, questioning them.

"Yeah. We said at the beginning that he is different from THE ONE, but no one believed it."

Chonggong spread his hands and said, "Blame me. You didn't listen to me."

"Why are you so sure that he is different from THE ONE? Do you have any evidence?"

Speaking of this, Takamiya took out two videos on the spot, which were comparison videos of THE ONE and Maki's blood samples. Also, one milliliter of blood was dropped into a mouse. Maki's blood sample did not produce much reaction with the mouse's blood, while THE ONE's blood changed its properties the moment it came into contact with the blood and detected the presence of the alien beast factor.

"This video doesn't prove anything." A senior executive pointed out that the Chonggong experiment was not rigorous. Just a set of comparative experiments was not convincing at all.

"But it turns out that I was right. The two are indeed in a hostile relationship. THE ONE has shown considerable hostility towards THE NEXT. So...is there anything else we need to discuss in the meeting? If not, we will go back to rest. I am really tired after spending a whole night with THE ONE."

After stretching, Chonggong turned and left the meeting room. As for Su, he was too embarrassed to leave immediately, so he showed several subsequent comparative experiments before leaving.

"Humph! This Chonggong is becoming more and more arrogant, and there's also Su!"

After the two men left, a senior executive expressed considerable dissatisfaction with their attitude.

"People who do scientific research tend to have a bit of temper, and his judgment is also very accurate."

A senior executive who was familiar with him comforted him.

"That's not a reason for them to be arrogant."

Listening to the quarrel inside, Su sighed outside the door and said something irrational: "Humans, you can never understand each other."

But when Su walked out from near the war room, he saw Maki with an anxious look on his face.

"What's wrong? Maki?"

"Dr. Su, my body..."

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with your body."

But Su's comfort was completely useless to Maki. He was very clear when he transformed. He turned into a ten-meter giant and fought against such a monster...

Don't worry, you are still a human being, you will not become like THE ONE."

But Maki still looked anxious. "Why me? You left me in there..."

"They really used you as bait. After all, you are the target of THE ONE."

Su also spoke frankly.

"why me?"

"You have to ask it."

Sara walked to Maki's side with a breeze and handed him a record. "When Takafumi Atomo still had human consciousness, the defenders of Iwo Jima interrogated him. You can take a look at some of the items."

Maki flipped through it a few times casually, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Compared to this, I have something more important to tell you. Sara, based on the analysis of THE ONE's tail, the existing virus bullets are no longer enough to injure THE ONE. Even if it is a virus, THE ONE has a terrifying resistance.

So, Maki, if we want to kill this insatiable monster, we have to rely on you."

Chong Gong appeared from nowhere and handed the analysis report to Sara. Sara glanced at it and his expression immediately darkened.

"Maki, you should have heard about the news that THE ONE eats people. The virus bullets are no longer effective. Just imagine what it would be like if a ten-meter-tall monster were rampaging in a densely populated area. Moreover, THE ONE is a guy with a very high evolutionary limit. The more it eats, the stronger it becomes."

"That…"

"Do you think we would have gone to so much trouble to develop viral weapons if conventional thermal weapons could kill the enemy? Forget it. We have been dealing with alien beasts for almost ten years. We have thought of and used everything you can think of. All that remains are proven by time. It's just that THE ONE's evolution speed is a bit beyond our expectations. We can't find a way to deal with it for the time being, otherwise we wouldn't have used you."

Under Takamiya's extremely sincere eyes, Maki didn't know whether the other party was telling the truth or fooling him, but...

Maki shuddered all over at the thought of that hideous monster roaming the streets.

...

At the same time, in the underground sewer, several maintenance workers were carrying out routine nighttime maintenance work. Due to Japan's special natural environment, their underground sewer system was unusually large, which put the maintenance workers under extremely great work pressure.

But these maintenance workers are not complaining because...

"what!!!!"

Looking at the hideous monster in front of them, they no longer had any thoughts of complaining about their work. As long as they could survive, working every day and night was not hard.

But THE ONE would not let them go just because of their thoughts. With one bite, those fearful workers became its food.

"Click, click."

The sound of bones breaking echoed in the underground sewers, making the hairs of those who heard it stand on end. But an unrealistic applause suddenly appeared.

"As expected of the original alien beast, it is indeed terrifying."

"Roar…"

THE ONE turned his head and saw that this little golden man... he recognized him... it was this guy who was chasing him together with those two weirdos and his own people.

"What are you... doing here!?"

"Me? Of course I'm here to cooperate with you. We have a common enemy, don't we? Nexter, and your compatriot, Izumaru."

"Roar!"

Hearing Nexter's name, THE ONE roared angrily.

"You want to eat Nexter, and I also want to get rid of this thorn in my side. Izumaru, huh, it's ridiculous that as a monster, you actually mixed up with Nexter. Don't you think it's embarrassing for you monsters?"

After a round of lobbying by Tartarus, THE ONE decided to cooperate with the other party after careful consideration. As a gift, Tartarus captured workers who were doing maintenance in other places, and they all became food for THE ONE.

"Not enough... not enough."

Upon hearing this, Tartarus no longer spared his strength, stretched out his hands, and injected a stream of Absolut energy into its body.

"This power can allow you to break through your own shackles in an instant, but it is not used now. Think about it, when you are fighting with Nexter and suddenly explode, how will he feel?"

However, what Tazi didn't know was that their conversation in the underground sewer was transmitted word for word to Chonggong's ears by some substances in THE ONE's body.

"Tartarus, you really are haunting me."